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From award-winning author Ann Bennett, comes a heart-breaking story of love and loss set in World War 2 Burma.In 1980, Edith Mayhew, proprietor of the Tea Planter's Club in Calcutta, is preparing to sell up after years of decline. She thinks back to 1942 when her sister Betty vanished having fled over the mountains from Burma to Assam to escape the Japanese invasion. Whilst packing, Edith comes across some letters which may hold clues to Betty's mysterious disappearance.The discovery propels Edith on an epic journey to Assam, where she is forced to face devastating secrets of love and betrayal from the war years.

Praise for Ann Bennett

'A vivid account of a brutal period, and a searing exploration of trauma, memory and loss..' The Lady Magazine.

'Have just discovered this writer ... So descriptive of the Far East. Harrowing in parts but unputdownable Best author I have read in a very long time.' Amazon Reviewer.

'This was a story of love, passion and cruelty I could not put down ....' Lizeanne Lloyd - Lost in a Good Book

I raced through this book in just over twenty-four hours ... I literally could not put it down.' Bibliobeth - Goodreads.

'I really loved this haunting, powerful and beautiful novel.' Amazon Reviewer

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1794 Scotland

For more than twenty years, the Lowland village of Craigmuir has been untouched by smallpox, leaving the people vulnerable to a painful lesson on the price of belonging, belief, and survival.

Isla Findlay belongs nowhere. The daughter of a disgraced woman and the Highlander who abandoned them both, she tries to be a dutiful niece to the uncle who has taken her in, blending into the village as best she can. But when a young Highlander's arrival in the area coincides with an outbreak of dreaded smallpox, it stirs up questions about Isla's past and forces a confrontation between the beliefs she holds and the community she wants to belong to.

Dr. Graeme MacNeill killed the only patient he ever had: his own father. The only way he can think to atone is to cut all ties from the Lowland world his father hated-including his education as a physician-and embrace the Highland heritage he used to be ashamed of. He travels to Craigmuir to sell the unwanted estate he has inherited from an uncle and return home, but fate-and the red-headed young woman he encounters in the village-have no intention of letting him leave things so easily behind.

When David approaches his New Hampshire cabin one cool October night to find it engulfed in flames, he knows his girlfriend Hope set the fire. At least, he's pretty sure he knows.

David first decides to upend the creature comforts of his post-collegiate life and try roughing it for a year after he inherits two acres of land and a rustic cabin from his deceased grandfather. Life at the cabin proves to be more difficult than expected, however, and it all starts with the woman he loves--Hope--whose dark past is written in the twisting pink scars covering her body. Their relationship is challenged after his car slides through an intersection one dark night and, later, his realization that someone is out there, watching him through the trees.

Over the course of five seasons, David struggles to maintain his relationship with Hope. Ultimately, in an attempt to understand the sacrifices she has had to make, he decides to rewrite their story. In doing so, he explores the lessons he's left with--after everything he thought mattered is gutted or burned away--and the surprising bits of wisdom he finds in the ashes.

About the Author
Meade, Christine: - Christine Meade is a freelance writer, a book editor, and a writing teacher. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the California College of the Arts. A native New Englander, she currently lives and writes in Somerville, MA.

For everyone who hopes to find the perfect match...1875 Des Moines, Iowa The novella, The River Jewel, takes readers of the bestselling Letter Series novels back in time, before there was a last letter, before the Arthurs lost everything, before they knew a girl named Pearl. Meet Tilly Rabel, a proud mussel-woman, and Landon Lockwood, the troubled son of one of the wealthiest men in America. The two could not be less suited for love. But when an old legend draws Landon to a hidden river cove, Tilly and he find each other, are lured by growing attraction, and repelled by competing desires to control Tilly's waters. The hidden pool is replete with valuable mussel beds and the source of everything that makes Tilly who she is. Landon sees the illustrious treasure as the path to proving to his parents he is worth their love and worthy of the Lockwood name. Can Tilly trust Landon with her heart, with her beloved mussel beds? Can Landon trust that he has truly changed and doesn't need his parents approval to live the life he wants?Heartbreak, triumph, and a very special baby weave a tale sure to please readers who've read the entire Letter Series and those who are just starting the journey.

Ambitious Cassandra Sato traded her life in Hawaiʻi . . .

. . .for a dream job in Nebraska.

She expected the Midwestern church casseroles, land-locked cornfields, and face-freezing winters would be her biggest challenges, but now she's fighting for her job and her life.

A deaf student is dead, and connections are uncovered between campus food service, a local farmer's beef, and the science lab's cancer research. Dealing with homesickness, vandalism, and a stalker, Cassandra is trapped in a public relations disaster. No one said college was easy.

If you like a fresh take on the cozy mystery with a smart female sleuth, want to learn more about Deaf culture, or have ever lived in a place where livestock outnumber people, you'll love this series. Read it now!

**This eBook contains clean language. No F- words!

About the Author
Brakenhoff, Kelly: - KELLY BRAKENHOFF is an American Sign Language Interpreter whose motivation for learning ASL began in high school when she wanted to converse with her deaf friends. Her first novel, Death by Dissertation, kicked off the Cassandra Sato Mystery Series. She also wrote Never Mind, first in a children's picture book series featuring Duke the Deaf Dog. She serves on the Board of Editors for the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf publication, VIEWs. The mother of four young adults and two dogs, Kelly and her husband call Nebraska home.